REU Site: Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Chem-SURF) Program at UCI

REU 网站：UCI 化学暑期本科生研究奖学金 (Chem-SURF) 项目

• 批准号: 1950126
• 负责人: Sergey Nizkorodov
• 金额: $ 31.2万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950126&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Chemistry; Summer; Undergraduate

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award to the University of California – Irvine, located in Irvine, CA, supports eight students for ten weeks of research and professional development during the summers of 2020-2022. This site, funded by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, helps students develop collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills as well as experimental and computational techniques in chemistry. Alongside education and professional development, students also undertake independent research projects spanning chemistry. The program provides an opportunity to interact with mentors and peers in both professional and social environments that have been designed to increase students’ knowledge and research skills and increase their identities as scientists.Students participate in research projects with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, and are mentored by faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. Projects include the molecular modeling of structural proteins, developing bioluminescent probes for in vivo imaging, studying the optical properties of particulate air pollutants, and integrating machine learning with organic synthesis. Students also attend workshops and seminars designed for their professional development, including ethics training, graduate school and fellowship application preparation, and communication skills. REU students interact with other on-campus summer research programs and graduate school preparation programs during shared and crossover activities including conferences, seminars, and symposia. Students leave the program well-prepared to present their results at scientific meetings and to continue with graduate studies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本科生（REU）的研究经验网站奖给位于加州欧文市的加州-欧文大学，支持八名学生在2020年至2022年的夏季进行为期十周的研究和专业发展。该网站由数学和物理科学理事会化学部资助，帮助学生发展协作，沟通和批判性思维技能以及化学实验和计算技术。除了教育和专业发展，学生还进行跨越化学的独立研究项目。该计划提供了一个与导师和同行在专业和社会环境中互动的机会，旨在增加学生的知识和研究技能，并提高他们作为科学家的身份。学生参加拥有最先进设备和设施的研究项目，并由教师，博士后研究员和研究生指导。项目包括结构蛋白的分子建模，开发用于体内成像的生物发光探针，研究颗粒空气污染物的光学特性，以及将机器学习与有机合成相结合。 学生还参加为他们的专业发展而设计的讲习班和研讨会，包括道德培训，研究生院和奖学金申请准备以及沟通技巧。REU学生在共享和交叉活动，包括会议，研讨会和座谈会期间与其他校内暑期研究项目和研究生院准备项目互动。学生离开该计划做好了充分准备，在科学会议上展示他们的成果，并继续研究生学习。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。